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rules of tumblr 

1. Never speak of Tumblr.
You'll regret it!

2. The Ask Box.
No one wants to see ten thousand questions for you on their dashboard.

3. Some things can be overblogged.
Tumblr loves: Megan Fox, Mean Girls, Kim Kardashian, and most of all CATS. Just get used to it

4. Quotes have nothing to do with the background.
Just reblog it. It's weird, I know, but that is another "getting used to" thing

5. Hnng
(;

6.People vent on Tumblr.
Most of Tumblr being a younger crowd, complains. And eventually you will too.

7. Don't steal pictures.
Definition of stealing a picture: right click, save picture, re upload to Tumblr. This is a definite NO NO on tumblr. just reblog it, and the person who uploaded it first will automatically get their credits (:

8. Tumblr isn't for homophobes
Tumblr is mostly people who support gay people, or lesbian/gay people themselves. We don't discriminate on Tumblr

9.Ignore the anons
Anons are people who write you a question in your ask box anonymously. Not all anons are bad, but 98 percent are.

10. Don't call anyone a "hipster"
Hipsters don't like it.

11. Sarcasm is OK
We all talk in sarcastic tones toward one another. It's not gonna change.

12. Tumblr crashes
"Error", "Not found", or the one that's hated the most "We will be back shortly". Don't fret, it will be back
If you would like some good examples of rules of tumblr. there's a video on youtube called "What you need to know about Tumblr". I got these rules from her, and she gives good examples
rules of tumblr by dcm123456 December 29, 2010
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1st Rule Of Tumblr

The 1st Rule Of Tumblr Is, Your Facebook Friends Should Never Know About Your Tumblr
Person A: "Dude My Fb Friends Keep Postin Dumb Shit All Over My Dashboard."
Person B: "Dude, 1st Rule Of Tumblr"

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026